I had so much fun with this Minnie Mouse 2nd Birthday Cake! Each tier was 3 layers with butter cream. To make the black heads I used Wilton’s smallest flower cutter. For the ears I used a plastic tube from a ‘Smencil'(pencils from kid’s school fundraiser). Minnie’s head was made using a lollipop mold. I … Read more
I made this Yoda grooms cake a little while ago, and it was made with nine layers of chocolate cake, 6 nine inch rounds for the body and 3 six inch rounds for the head. I carved it using just a kitchen knife frosted it in butter cream and then covered it in fondant. It … Read more
It is this site that has encouraged me to try more cakes at home and it keeps me motivated. I did this Homemade Minnie Mouse Cake for my daughters fifth birthday to be celebrated at school. I baked a 9 inch round cake, drew the Minnie mouse on paper of the same size and printed … Read more
We have a cotton candy machine I used for his little tufts of white hair, but the grease from the frosting made it melt a bit. I would recommend either using a little cotton, or patting down the area with cornstarch before applying cotton candy to reduce the moistness of the area.
I used the Wilton mickey mouse cake pan that I purchased at Michaels. I first sprayed the pan with Pam and then dusted it with flour ( make sure to pat the excess flour off ). After the cake baked I cut off the top bobble so when I flipped it over it would be … Read more
Firstly I baked a basic large round butter cake and a smaller loaf. While that was baking I made buttercream icing: (you may have to convert measurements) 1/2 cup cremelta,1/2 cup butter, 1 tsp clear vanilla essence, 4 cups sifted icing sugar (approx 500g), 2 Tbsp milk. Cream butter and cremelta together until whipped and … Read more
I used an 8-inch round pan and two 2-inch round pans. You will have to double the cake batter but you can use the left over for cupcakes. While the cakes cooled, I prepared my icing using the Wilton buttercream recipe but I added about a 1/4 cup more of the shortening (this helped the … Read more
We had a Mickey and Minnie Mouse birthday party for our 2 year old boy/girl twins. At two each kid demanded their own cake! Each cake was made from a 9 inch round pan and two 3 inch cupcakes. I used two boxes of rainbow sprinkle cake mix. I downloaded an image of Mickey Mouse … Read more
I asked my 5 year what kind of cake he wanted for his Star Wars birthday party. He said “The part where they are stuck in the garbage trying to get out of the Death Star(ep6)” So I gave it a try and this is my Star Wars Death Star Escape Cake. I took melted … Read more
My sons love the Star Wars movies, so for their birthday I decided to make them the scene where the characters Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin are fighting on top of a volcano. The idea came from looking at Google Birthday Cake images. I had a lot of fun making this Star Wars Cake. How … Read more
I made this Mike From Monsters Inc Cake (and a Sully one) for my Nephew’s birthday. I used the two part ball pan from Wilton with a 6″ round in between. I used fondant for the eye and horns. The arms and legs are green Twizzlers.
I made this Bananas in Pajamas birthday cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday – she LOVES bananas in pajamas! I looked through this website for inspiration and then decided to make it myself. I found a coloring in picture on the ABC2 website and printed it out. Then I enlarged in on a photocopier – … Read more